José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro (7 April 1868 – 31 July 1929); , was a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and politician. He graduated in law at the
University of Coimbra, and was a lawyer in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
and
Guarda. A member of
freemasonry, he was originally a monarchist and a member of the liberal
Progressive Party, but he joined the
Portuguese Republican Party, in 1881. He was the main redactor of the newspaper ''O Districto da Guarda'', since its foundation in 1878, and the founder of the first republican newspaper of the province, ''O Povo Português'', in 1882. During the
Portuguese First Republic, he remained in the Republican Party. He was
President of the Ministry (Prime Minister), after the failed attempt of general
Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
Joaquim Pereira Pimenta de Castro, 10th Count of Pimenta de Castro (5 November 1846, in Pias, Monção – 14 May 1918, in Lisbon; ) was a Portuguese army officer and politician. He was a career military officer reaching the position of General ...
to rule without the parliament, and was in office, from 17 May to 29 November 1915.
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1868 births
1929 deaths
Naval ministers of Portugal
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Portuguese journalists
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Portuguese Freemasons
University of Coimbra alumni
19th-century Portuguese writers
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